My (...and my small family) 's 2020

Alhamdulillah... Alhamdulillah.. Alhamdulillah....

2020.. what a year..
But syukur, Alhamdulillah for all the nikmat, dugaan, rezeki, blessings and a lot more....

Started the year konon² brisk walk/jog every evening at the nearby park daily lepas balik ambil SNM from school... Alhamdulillah as well we found a new school/day care for SNM this year. Was quite a year masa 2019 hari-hari risau tengok keadaan dia nak pergi sekolah. Now I know why Mom will know if something is wrong with me, it is just the instinct. But alhamdulillah 2020 we found a better place for her.

Back to the brisk walk/jog Sampai February jelah. Lepas tu dah PKP. Sekian jelah. 

In January and February too, three of my cousins tie knot. Dua orang engaged, seorang got married. Alhamdulillah...

Started with Azmil bertunang, then we all ke Taiping for Natri's engagement and of course the no other #zahiraAH 's wedding. 

Glad that we slot some time for an early dinner with my beloved #iiumsisters . Planned for a glamping together with our families but tinggal kenangan aje for now. InsyaAllah soon.  Bagus juga my bothDs adalah budak International School, so their Sports Day kami dah selesai selamat before segala PKP bermula. They're in yellow house this year, and me as their Aunty of course lah yang terpaling excited ok... kuning tu... fav color terus! 

(Tapi my school years, rumah kuning ni selalunya corot. hahahaha..... )

Come March.. PKP bermula.. gosh how our #babysnm koyak mental berkurung. According to our Pediatrician, snm started buat perangai sebab her normal routine berubah drastically. Since she is 8 months old, memang dah hantar dia to school/day care. Then, weekend memang akan lepak at sis's place and Monday the routine stars again. 

Sekali, bila PKP ni, memang tak boleh keluar langsung... dia macam murung. Awal-awal memang dia happy sebab both of us memang depan mata dia 24/7 kan, but along the way, dia rasa macam something wrong.  But hikmahnya, we get to spent more time with her. From learning, playing, eating, exploring and semuanya lah with her. We even started teaching her gardening!

First time tak celebrate my BIL's bday in April due to PKP and also first time 'gather' with our BIG FAMILY via Zoom. 

In early May juga, we changed snm's insurance with out good friend Nuar. Senang tukar to someone yang kami kenal and terus juga sign up hibah with him. Kalau ada sesiapa yang tanya-tanya je, or interested nak tau boleh click link ni untuk usha his IG and his contact ada over there at the profile. 

Myself and husband started our #guloanauwaghih and #nasitanjaur journey and alhamdulillah masih on it. We also mula ber Young Living in May juga. Eh bagus gila oils ni. Mula-mula memang rasa macam ehhhhh biar betul... but somehow, these oils memang encourage and divert us to enjoy life and push our potentials. It's all about positivity lah. Dia bukan lah magic ke apa. But macam asbab gitu.

Also, kena juga di catitkan... buat pertama kali dalam hidup.. diri ini gunting rambut manusia lain. Dan mangsanya tak lain tak bukan adalah husbandku sendiri! hahahaha.... Perhatikan betul-betul collage di atas ye, habis semua clip rambut snm ku kerjakan. 

One day je dapat berbuka puasa with my family this year...and nasib baik waktu tu dah PKPB. Dapat lah celebrate birthday sis as well. 

We celebrated our #babysnm 's 2 years old birthday PKP style. Went to all important close family members house with full SOP just as long as our baby is happy. Tq families for making it happen! 

Come July, school dah start buka semula. Tawakal sangat-sangat hantar kenit tu semula. But before it start off, her school panggil us all bagi briefing on how the new norm going to kick off.  I actually requested for office to bagi I masuk balik. Our laptop dah tak boleh carry dah the amount of data that I saved in. Sebelum dia kaput, memang kena buat something about it cepat. Masa dapat masuk office rasa jakun pun ada jumpa orang selain the household. Hahaha...

July and August banyak juga benda yang sangat-sangat unexpected happened to us. After years of working, my first time dapat laptop and my work sangat-sangat senang banyakkkkk sangat with all my necessary systems and applications ada depan mata. 

Our dear #busukmasam  a.k.a bigD did super well for his IGCSE and masuk college dah!! Alhamdulillah!! Our lil SNM pun dapat award juga for school. Our lilD also did well for her exams. Syukur, Ya Allah. 

Bila Zoo Negara reopen, bawak snm there. To support the industry and also she's really into animals now. Semua pun nak sayang. Sayangggg tiger... sayangggg lion... sayanggggg bird... sayang panndaaa.... haih.

Kami also sempat bawak snm naik Genting but sampai GPO jelah. Tak berani nak bawak sampai atas sangat sebab takut dengan crowd. Kalau GPO senang kawal sebab she'll be in her stroller most of the time. Thanks to her school practise, she have no problem wearing mask lama-lama. 

We also sempat layan a really super short trip to Penang. Agak clingy lah bila PKP ni kicks off. Mana-mana pun kemain bertiga beranak je kerjanya. Walhal dulu tak kisah pun. 

Also in August, something hit our big family badly. Remember awal-awal tadi I cerita pasal my cousin Natri bertunang at Taiping? Siapa sangka that this is the last time we actually jumpa dengan dia...

My dear cousin passed away mengejut a few days before her Nikah day. It was a really sad and shocking moment to us all. I ni takde adik, but dengan anak-anak my UncleM nilah yang memang I buat adik-adik I sendiri..bukan hanya cousin. 

Nak menaip ni pun, entahlah.. masih bercampur baur perasaan tu.

Al Fatihah to our dear Wan Penny Sunestri Binti Wan Zahari. Semoga Allah menempatkan Natri bersama yang beriman. Ameen Ya Rabb.

Celebrated msn birthday in September pun sangat PKP style. We stayed at Sheraton PJ for one night bagi seronok budak kecik tu. Dia punya excited macam orang celebrate birthday dia pulak. Hahaha...

Come October, first time ever hubs admitted in due to high BP and now we are trying to change our food intake and lifestyle slowly but surely. Sangat menakutkan OK waktu tu. Dahlah myself and snm was at my sis's place. Husband stayed at home sebab MIL baru lepas operation. Jadinya, he wants to monitor and jaga MIL at home. Dia lepaskan myself and snm sebab tak nak kacau routine snm yang baru nak mula semula. 

Ada hikmahnya Allah gerakkan hati kami susun begitu. If not, tak ke kalut? How to handle snm kalau I sorang-sorang. Bukan main-main that night itself msn terus kena duduk ICU/HDU. BP terlalu tinggi sampai dia kena dipantau ketat. 

But Alhamdulillah, semuanya selamat dah. Now memang kena jaga betul-betul.

Come October also, I got Norwex-ed. Hahahaha.. Nak jugeeeekkkk... But seriuslah paling in love dengan the Kitchen Towel. Eh kemain senang lah... ini baru magic! (Padahal it's the technology)

Also in October, my dear husband kicked off a project called Kongsi Kasih which we will be launching and elaborate soon!! (Appreciate your kind support and doa for this!). Really high hope for this where we wanted to not only help ourselves, but also others and the economy as a whole. InsyaAllah.

Masuk November, which is actually our month dengan tak la seronok sangat. Our dear Cik Lia masa ni dah mula kritikal... Dah la musim-musim PKP ni.. it is not easy for us to ke sana ke sini sebebas dulu untuk lincah menolong apa-apa yang patut.

Alhamdulillah dapat juga curi masa and redah visit dia waktu she's at the ward. Earlier in September tu, dapat lagi berborak dengan dia masa we sama-sama celebrate birthday our Daniel. Nak jadi cerita, on my birthday eve this year, Cik Lia pergi meninggalkan kami semua selamanya. What a year 2020. What a year.

My adik lost her mom. I know she's strong to go through semua ni. But, losing someone close to us bukan mudah, Tambah lagi, mak kita kan....

Al Fatihah Cik Lia.

Celebrated our Anniversary / my birthday our way and enjoy our 3 nights staycation at Mandarin Oriental, KL.

Sesudah Subuh, kami pay our last respect to Cik Lia dulu. Sementara snm masih tidur kan... Dah selesai, pagi tu, kami breakfast with MIL dulu. snm hantar school macam biasa. Then noon, kami dating and usai dating pick kenit from school and terus ke sis's place for dinner with my family pula.

Tahun ni paling banyak surprise delivery yang diterima. Syukur ya Allah.. Memang PKP style sungguh kemain asyik-asyik orang panggil hantar macam-macam! Seronok gila! Semoga Allah kurniakan yang baik-baik buat semua yang memberi.

Tak habis lagi November, berita kematian ketiga tahun ni pula. This time, on arwah Abah's side. My cousin lost her husband. 

Ni pun macam sekejap sangat baru dapat tau diagnosed cancer and due to PKP semua tak sempat nak susun visit ke apa, but Allah lebih sayangkan Abg Ikram, Al fatihah... 

Ini jugalah asbab kami kembali ke Malim Nawar.  

Ended the year with a weekend birthday-cation for Mak's birthday and Ipoh trip for Wani's wedding.

Alhamdulillah despite all the hardship, challenges and macam-macam dugaan, we managed to end our 2020 quite well.

Indeed, Allah is the best planner. Jangan sesekali kita semua ragukan rahmat Allah. Ada jalannya untuk setiap kesukaran. Macam mana genting sekali pun keadaan, jangan sesekali biarkan ianya putus.

Bismillahhirrahmannirrahim to 2021.
May Allah protect and keep us safe always.

Maaf Zahir Batin from us. May the new year brings everyone a great blessings, health, iman and happiness. InsyaAllah, Ameen. ❤️❤️

Love, Ayu